Meet the Press NOW — April 2

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Former President Trump ramps up his rhetoric on the campaign trail, blaming the “bloodbath” at the border on President Biden. An Israeli strike kills seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen. Ali Vitali, Cornell Belcher and Lance Trover join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) discusses the latest on U.S. aid to Ukraine and reacts to the Florida Supreme Court ruling that paves the way for a 6-week abortion ban to take effect in that state. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, former President Trump returns to the campaign trail and
0:06.4	ratchets up his anti-immigrant rhetoric to brazen new levels, bashing them as
0:11.3	diseased criminal animals, and blaming President Biden for a, quote,
0:15.7	border bloodbath.
0:18.0	Plus the escalating fallout facing Israel.
0:20.7	As the White House says it was outraged over an IDF
0:24.0	airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza
0:27.0	that killed seven World Central chicken workers,
0:30.0	kitchen workers halting the aid group's efforts in the war zone.
0:34.8	And President Biden gets up bets big on abortion rights in Florida, launching a new battleground
0:39.6	ad following yesterday's court ruling that puts the issue on the state's November
0:43.8	ballot as the fight over reproductive rights and the White House ramps up. Hello and welcome to meet the press now I'm Ryan nobles in Washington.
1:02.1	Former President Donald Trump is back to campaigning
1:04.8	after a couple of weeks off the trail
1:07.0	and wasting no time in deploying
1:08.7	some of the darkest and most incendiary rhetoric
1:11.4	we've seen from him on the stump. This afternoon from the
1:14.3	stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan he ramped up his language while characterizing
1:18.9	the current situation at the border a quote bloodbath caused by President Biden.
1:24.0	I stand before you today to declare the Joe Biden's border bloodbath.
1:28.5	It's a border bloodbath and it's destroying our country.
1:31.5	It's a very bad thing happening.
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